Follow a padlet or account

You can follow a padlet or a Padlet account to receive notifications about their activity. You can also unfollow padlets or accounts to stop notifications.

You can customize what notifications you receive from your notifications page. Learn more about managing your notifications here.

Following and unfollowing padlets

By default, you follow padlets that you have created and that you have been invited to as a collaborator. You can also choose to follow padlets that you have access to.

To follow a padlet, open it and click on the bell icon (🔔) in the action bar. This will open the Activity panel.

Then click Follow to receive notifications about the padlet.

If you are already following the padlet, you can access the Activity panel to Unfollow the padlet. You can also manage the padlets you follow from the Padlets tab in your notifications page.

Following and unfollowing accounts

When you Follow another Padlet account, you can be notified when they create a new public padlet. To Follow or Unfollow an account, navigate to their profile page and click Follow.

There are a few ways to find a user's profile page. If you know the user's username, you can go to their profile page by customizing this URL: padlet.com/<insert username here>

Here is an example: padlet.com/toothfairy

If you navigate to your own profile page, you can also click the copy link button to copy your profile link and send it to a friend or colleague.

Finally, if someone posts or comments on your padlet, you can click their display name to open their profile page.

If you are already following the account, you can visit their profile page to Unfollow them. You can also manage the accounts you follow from the Accounts tab in your notifications page.

FAQs

Following padlets

Who can Follow my padlet?
Anyone with a registered Padlet account and access to your padlet can follow your padlet. Anyone you invite to your padlet as a collaborator will follow your padlet automatically.
Can I see who is following my padlets?
You can receive notifications when someone follows your padlet. From the Activity panel, you can see how many people are following your padlet. However, there is not a list of followers. To be notified when someone follows your padlet, head to the General tab of your notifications page and enable notifications for 'New padlet follow.'

What does it mean if someone follows my padlet?
If someone follows your padlet, they can be notified when new posts are added to the padlet. If the follower has editing or administrator rights on your padlets, they can also be notified about new comments and reactions on the followed padlet.
Can I remove followers from my padlet?
For users you have invited to collaborate on your padlet, you can remove them as a follower by removing them as a collaborator. Otherwise, if you do not want users to follow your padlet, you can change the privacy setting of your padlet. By default, anyone with access to your padlet can follow it, so if you revoke access by choosing a more restrictive privacy setting, any followers will be removed until they can access the padlet again.

Following users

Who can follow me?
Anyone with a registered Padlet account can follow you.
Can I see who is following me?
You can receive notifications when someone follows you. From your profile page, you can see how many followers you have. However, there is not a list of followers. To be notified when someone follows you, head to the General tab of your notifications page and enable notifications for 'New follower.'
What does it mean if someone follows me?
If someone follows you, they can choose to be notified when you create new public padlets. They will not be notified when you create padlets with any other privacy setting, including Secret, Secret - password, and padlets listed as No access.
Can I remove followers?
Not at this time. Followers are only notified when you create a new Public padlet. If you do not want others to be notified of your work, create padlets with any privacy setting other than Public.


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